The Guatemalan State Perpetuates the Colonial Violence
Published 13 October 2021 (15 hours 54 minutes ago)
On Tuesday, Indigenous peoples, farmers, human rights defenders, and environmental activists took to the streets of Guatemala City to reject racism and land grabs.
"The Guatemalan State perpetuates the Colonial era violence and discrimination. It has not been able to turn off our dreams,” Mayan leader Andrea Ixchiu stated and urged Guatemalans to promote the foundation of a plurinational State that respects the rights of all citizen.
Carrying flags of the Maya, Xinka, Garifuna, and Ladino peoples, protesters marched from the Independence Heroes Monument to the Constitutional Square, where they commemorated the resistance to mining, hydroelectric, and agricultural projects imposed on their territories without their consent.
"Despite our demands, President Alejandro Giammattei has done nothing to prevent the massive evictions requiered by the neoliberal, extractivist model," Ixchiu stated, recalling that companies take over Indigenous territories through shady, coercive, and illegal measures.
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